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Endive Kale
Garden sorrel
Indeterminate tomatoes
Giant kohlrabi
Parsley--leaf and root
heirloom summer squash (sprawly)
Pole beans
Herbs: marjoram, thyme, dill, cilantro, fennel, oregano
Root crops: carrots, beets, parsnips
MARGINAL
Brussels sprouts (late)
Potatoes
Determinate tomatoes
Rutabagas
Eggplant
Leeks
Leeks
Savoy cabbage (late)
Peppers, small fruited
INEFFICIENT
Beans, bush snap
Peppers, bell
Broccoli, summer
Radishes
Cauliflower
Scallions, bulb onions
Celery
Sweet corn
Lettuce
Turnips
Have fun planning your own water-wise garden!
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Carter, Vernon Gill, and Tom, Dale. _Topsoil and Civilization._
Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1974.
The history of civilization's destruction of one ecosystem after another by plowing and deforestation, and its grave implications for our country's long-term survival.
Cleveland, David A., and Daniela Soleri. _Food from Dryland Gardens: An Ecological, Nutritional and Social Approach to Small-Scale Household Food Production._ Tucson: Center for People, Food and Environment, 1991.
World-conscious survey of low-tech food production in semiarid regions.
Faulkner, Edward H. _Plowman's Folly._ Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1943.
This book created quite a controversy in the 1940s. Faulkner stresses the vital importance of capillarity. He explains how conventional plowing stops this moisture flow.
Foth, Henry D. _Fundamentals of Soil Science._ Eighth Edition. New York: John Wylie & Sons, 1990.
A thorough yet readable basic soil science text at a level comfortable for university non-science majors.
Hamaker, John. D. _The Survival of Civilization._ Annotated by Donald A. Weaver. Michigan/California: Hamaker-Weaver Publishers, 1982.
Hamaker contradicts our current preoccupation with global warming and makes a believable case that a new epoch of planetary glaciation is coming, caused by an increase in greenhouse gas. The book is also a guide to soil enrichment with rock powders.
Nabhan, Gary. _The Desert Smells like Rain: A Naturalist in Papago Indian Country._ San Francisco: North Point Press, 1962.
